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Mar. 24, 2013

People exit the train at the White Plains Metro-North train station in December. Mark Vergari/The Journal News

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A teenage train fanatic who was arrested while taking pictures of Metro-North trains in Greenburgh says that he was illegally harassed and detained, apparently because they suspected him of "terroristic activities."

Gregory Grice was 16 when he was arrested on June 6, 2011, and held for nearly three hours, after, he says, he was stopped while harmlessly snapping photos just north of the North White Plains station off of Virginia Road.

The lawsuit, which was filed March 15 in U.S. District Court in White Plains, names the towns of Greenburgh and North Castle, as well as Westchester County, ...